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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2024
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 55/00 (2019.01); H02H 7/22 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/322 (2020.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); H02H 7/22 (2013.01); H02J 7/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
An on-board charger for an electric vehicle includes a vehicle port configured to be connected to an external charger comprising a first relay located on an internal first power supply path, a power converter, a second relay located on a second power supply path between the vehicle port and the power converter, and a controller configured to turn off the first relay and the second relay in response to triggering a vehicle-to-grid (VG) protection operation based on power-related parameters.